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The Melrose Theatre opened in 1916, on 161st Street near Melrose Avenue. It could seat 1,129, and originally also had a rooftop theater that could accomodate close to 1,100 more. In the 1940’s, the Melrose Theatre was converted into a banquet hall. Today, it functions as a daycare center.

I biked by here the other day and noticed it too. It didn’t look to grand. I find it hard to believe that it sat more than 1,000 but the facade is very nice. Upon close inspection of one of the friezes, (the one in the picture didn’t show what I saw), there was a date of “March 19, 1921”. Was this the date of the decorative piece?